West Ada School Community,
We look forward to providing you safe and predictable transportation and school bus routes this year. If you plan on riding with us, please review your bus information on Traversa’s Ride360 webpage. This is your #1 source of current, accurate information for your students bus routes and stops, not PowerSchool.
Thanks to our new APP, all late bus information will be sent directly to mobile devices via push notification. In addition, bus routes can easily be tracked using the APP. To download the APP, please create an account and register your students here - https://IDWestAdaSD.myridek12.tylerapp.com/.
The first day of school is tomorrow, August 16 and is a Wednesday late start. Pease allow a grace period of up to 15 minutes after scheduled stop times as drivers work to safely pick up students and navigate first day of school traffic.
If you are not yet registered for a bus route, you may find your closest stop using our bus locator tool: https://idwestadasd.myridek12.tylerapp.com. Simply click “Find my Route”, enter your address, select the grade of your child, and choose either “Regular” or “Special” transportation and “Search”. Please note that the look-up tool will not work for schools of choice due to special routing and zone overlapping in the software. For assistance with schools of choice, please contact the West Ada transportation team directly at 208-350-4747.
For more information on West Ada School District transportation, please visit: https://www.westada.org/o/wasd/page/transportation
If you have specific questions regarding transportation, please contact us at 208-350-4747 during business hours or complete an online Help Ticket: https://westada.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/30
In partnership,
West Ada Transportation
Sixth Graders and NEW TO VMS students,
If you missed our fun Kodiak Kickoff or want to review some of the information given during our Open House, please feel free to watch this informational video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTWmm_dO50U
Today is the day! If you are NEW TO VICTORY, we look forward to welcoming you today from 3 - 6 p.m.
Cross Country 1st Practice:
Monday August 14th @ 3:15 pm
All athletes must register on Aktivate and pay fees before 1st practice.
Fees: $90 participation and $22.25 activity card.
Aktivate and fee payment can be found on Victory’s website.
WELCOME BACK - ITS GOOD TO SEE YOU!
The PTSO store will be open to purchase VMS gear during the Kodiak Kick off (Aug. 10th)
and VMS Back to School Night (Aug. 30th) Located in the Main Hall across from the Gym.
Please check out the Victory PTSO Homepage for our Online Store, Upcoming Meetings, News and Announcements!
https://www.westada.org/o/vms/page/victory-ptso-homepage
Volleyball Player/Parent Meeting
Wednesday August 9th @ 6:00 PM
Victory Gym
Win FREE prizes and raffles, fill out meal applications, and learn the "Behind the Scenes of School Meals" at the Taste of West Ada Event September 28th from 5-7 p.m..
Where: 1303 E Central Drive, Meridian ID
Located in White Cloud Auditorium at the Training
Center Entrance
Enjoy the Food Vendor Samples and our special guest Westy the School Nutrition Dragon!
Kodiak Coaches’ Den: Our fall sports season start dates are below. Every student-athlete must register online using Aktivate. Students will not be able to participate until registration has been completed.
Required Fees: Participation = $90. Activity Card = $22.25. Fees can be paid here.
· Football- Monday August 7th, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Parent meeting at 5:30 p.m. in the main gym.
· Cheerleading- Wednesday August 9th, 1:30- 3:30 p.m.
· Volleyball- Thursday August 10th.
o 7th Grade Girls: 8:15 a.m.-10:15 a.m.
o 8th Grade Girls: 10:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
· Cross Country- Monday August 14th, 3:20 – 4:45 p.m.
For more information, visit our athletics website.
NEW STUDENTS to VMS are WELCOME to come to our KODIAK KICKOFF!
Tour our beautiful school and learn more about what it means to be a KODIAK on August 10th from 3-6 p.m.! Check out our BACK TO SCHOOL information in your school newsletter and/or school website! Stay tuned for an exciting start to school year 2023-24! WELCOME!
Our last day of school has arrived: June 1st!!! Kodiaks, please enjoy your day and know we are on our school's ASSEMBLY SCHEDULE!
Locker Cleanout for the whole school is scheduled for 1:55 p.m. 8th Graders will be called to our field day around 2:05 p.m. Please listen for announcements, but if all goes well and the weather is great at 2:10 p.m. 7th grade and at 2:15 p.m. 6th grade will be joining 8th graders.
FOOD TRUCKS will be available for you to make food purchases. If you plan on buying something, please bring dollars.
Popsicle grams delivered at lunch on May 30th.
June 1st Food trucks at VMS - - - Kona ice, Peterson Lemonade and Rusty Dog so be sure to bring money for the food trucks and yearbook signing event!
CONGRATULATIONS to our STUDENT OF THE WEEK, Venice Kim! This is what Mrs. Updike had to say: "Venice consistently goes beyond the expectations in her classwork. When completing an assignment Venice is careful to meet the requirements, but then pushes herself to go beyond what was taught. She is engaged in her classes and is always trying to get all she can from each learning experience. She goes beyond the Kodiak Way expectation of responsibility and takes true ownership of her education."
CNGRATULATIONS to our STUDENT OF THE WEEK, Landon Potter!
Mrs. Barfuss had this to say - "Landon excels in his school work, going above what is asked of him with his assignments. As soon as I ask for the attention of his class, he looks directly at me and is actively listening to the lesson and the instructions. He asks questions if he isn't sure about something to make sure that he is doing the assignments and assessments the best that he can. He is polite and kind to me and to those around him and works hard to be the best he can be. Thank you, Landon!"
Very important! School is not over yet!
During these last three days, please check our calendar dates in the newsletter for all of the deadlines and the FINALS SCHEDULE! Also, note: lost and found items will be donated if not picked up before June 8th.
PLEASE READ OUR MOST RECENT NEWSLETTER!!!
THE DANGERS OF VAPING: Nic Sick Event
Tuesday, May 30th
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Mountain View High School
2000 S. Millennium Way
Meridian
Believe it or not: We have started our year end finals today! Please look at the schedule and study accordingly.
A friendly reminder, too, that TODAY is the last day for any late work!
Enjoy your Memorial Day Weekend!
"Such a fun concert—with a surprise shark appearance! The audience loved it."
Last night our lovely Mrs. Katie Hatley led our VMS Orchestra in this year's last performance in front of a well-attended audience. Thank you for making our "jaws" drop in awe!
Our VMS Kodiak Award Student Winners during our 8th Grade Awards Ceremony last week were:
Creative Kodiak: Will Hafen
Creative Kodiak: Makena Valko
MVP Kodiak: Zander Siddiqui
MVP Kodiak: Talia Johnson
Kodiak Scholar: Tanner Atwood
Kodiak Scholar: Libby Scott
Kodiak of the Year: Keanu Sisayaket
Kodiak of the Year: Kylie Petersen
Resilient Kodiak : Janepher Hillesland
Resilient Kodiak : William Meck
Principal's Award: Lincoln huff
***From Mr. Schumaker:
"We are proud of your accomplishments at Victory Middle School. Congratulations. We will miss you all very much and wish you the best in your future endeavors! Thank you to students, parents, family members and other guests. Before we end the awards assembly, students, please give your family members and fellow classmates a round of applause. You have supported one another, and you have a bright future ahead of you. It has been our pleasure to be able to your partners in learning."
***Note: The recipients of these awards are nominated and voted for by all of our staff here at Victory.
On May 25th, this year's officers swore in next year's National Junior Honor Society. Congratulations to our new members!
Yesterday's VMS Band performances by all grades with Mr. Grzanic was a sure delight to all who attended. Thank you to Mr. Grzanic and band students for such a nice evening in the gym! Also, thank you to the community members who came and provided the students with a well-attended audience.
